Hi,
I fully participate in your pain. Over the last year (or two) I tried to
organize two linux *meetings* (nothing big, just plain meeting), but in
both cases some poeple showed interest but never more than 3 or 4 and it
never got anywhere. Now I know already more Linux people in Jerusalem that
are NOT on the list than that ARE on the list !!!
Anyway, I have the impression that here Linux is much less of a social
"thing" than in some places abroad (in my former home town the local Linux
group meets every *week* in a pub to sit & talk !!! And the town has less
than 100.000 people !!!. Now this is what I would call an active Linux
group who also have a social function.
In contrast ILUG seems to be only a purely professional group without any
social function (or even an OS missionary agenda ...), perhaps because in
Israel there are enough other social groupings and problems to keep people
occupied and there is simply no need to find friends & pals through a
computer club.
Another problem I see is that there are more or less no local (city) LUGs.
Because there is only one roof-LUG (ILUG) the density of members is too
low to organize anything on a small and local scale. Again, it boils down
to the lack of people in the LUG.
Conclusion:
We have to make our ILUG (or GILI :-) more attractive to recruit more
members, and not only newbies looking for free help but rather (and this
is more important) professionals and specialists who can raise the level
of discussion and meetings etc.
I suggest that we try to ask people we know who are not members of ILUG
why they are not and try to understand the common reasons and perhaps we
will manage to improve our image and attract more people and THEN for sure
there will be more activity.
Hopeful,
Schlomo Schapiro
On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Ira Abramov wrote:
>
>
> ok, I see noone is really interested in important guest lecturers and
> all, I was going to try and reach Jon Hall today and ask him to
> come, but...
>
> I'm a bit depressed about the lack of enthusiasm this LUG is showing
> but, TOUGH, it's my problem alone I suppose.
>
>
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